PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Lorraine Hansberry: "A Raisin in the Sun": Analyzing Theme
In this interactive lesson, discover how literary techniques like setting, characterization, and conflict contribute to the overarching theme of a text. Through analysis of Lorraine Hansberry's iconic play A Raisin in the Sun, explore...
Other
Bright Hub Education: Important Quotes From Antigone With Analysis
This is a series of important quotes from Antigone by Sophocles with analysis of each quote. This analysis helps to improve understanding of the play.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Dinosaurs: Data and Chance
Students can play learning games to explore how to label, read, and create graphs using a dinosaur theme.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Literary Text: Imagery, Metaphor, and Simile
Writers use sensory imagery ("smelled the salty air"), similes ("like a strong man playing tug-of-war"), and metaphors ("the waves roaring in my ears") to capture the reader's imagination. In this lesson, you will learn how to identify...
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Brentville District High School: The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Act Iv [Pdf]
The teacher edition of a textbook chapter on Act 4 of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Students will analyze the plot, make and verify predictions, and analyze characters. Includes explanations of vocabulary with accompanying text from the...
The Best Notes
The Best Notes: Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
This is an online study guide for the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare including author information, literary elements, scene summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
The Best Notes
The Best Notes: The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
This is an online study guide for the play The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde including author information, literary elements, act-by-act summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
Curated OER
Study Guide for the Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare [Pdf]
A well-written study guide for The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Includes a profile of William Shakespeare and background information about the play and its historical context. There are synopses of each act, discussions of literary devices,...
Shmoop University
Shmoop: Hamlet Themes
From the the concept of madness, to lies and deceit in Hamlet this site provides an interesting analysis of the various themes in the play.
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Hudson Shakespeare Company: The Tragedy of Julius Caesar: Commentary
An analysis of the characters and themes in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. The author discusses the changes that Shakespeare made to historical events in order to compress them into the play and the literary devices he used to heighten...
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: A Raisin in the Sun
This site features discussion questions to go along with each scene of the play "A Raisin in the Sun," by Lorraine Hansberry. Students will gain a broader perspective of Hansberry's work when they visit this site.
Yale University
Yale National Initiative:take a Stab at It: Exploring Character in Julius Caesar
This curriculum unit guides students in a deep investigation of the characters in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, and in developing an appreciation of Shakespeare's talent for language and his insightful understanding of human...
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Literary Traveler: Thomas Wolfe's Dixieland
This article from the online journal the "Literary Traveler," discusses the journalist's tour of Wolfe's home, now the Thomas Wolfe Memorial, and provides useful analysis of the role that the real house and inhabitants play in Wolfe's...
Other
New Arts Library: Paradise Lost Outline
The New Arts Library offers a very extensive outline featuring all major incidents in the play. Includes references to the poem.
Learning Farm
Learning Farm: Compare and Contrast Literature
Students will learn how to compare and contrast passages from different time periods. Analyzing the similarities and differences of in the way authors show a historical time, place, or a character gives the reader a broader understanding...
Other
Lit Charts: Julius Caesar [Pdf]
This is a comprehensive 11-page chart on The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. It provides background information on the play, a plot summary, character descriptions, themes, symbol tags, quotes, and a summary and analysis of each scene in the...
Shakespeare Online
Shakespeare Online
A wealth of information and analysis of Shakespeare's plays, background, themes, and other topics of interest to those students of Shakespeare. The site also offers the complete texts of all of Shakespeare's plays and sonnets, quotations...
The Best Notes
The Best Notes: Our Town by Thornton Wilder
This is an online study guide for the play Our Town by Thornton Wilder including author information, literary elements, act-by-act summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library: Study Guide: Henry Iv, Part One
A teaching guide for 1 Henry IV by Shakespeare. Includes plot synopsis, analysis of the main themes in the play, historical context, activities, and discussion questions, as well as a fifteen-minute condensed version of the play for...
TES Global
Tes: Reel to Real: Romeo and Juliet, V&a
[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource guide to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is designed for the "Reel to Real" education project with the learning department of the Victoria and Albert Museum (Order free DVD at...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature: Euripides: The Bacchae
Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers The Bacchae, by Euripides. Lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on the work. Read an excerpt from the play and find dozens of rich and...
The Best Notes
The Best Notes: Oedipus Rex / Oedipus the King by Sophocles
This is an online study guide for the classical play Oedipus Rex / Oedipus the King by Sophocles including author information, literary elements, scene summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: "The Merchant of Venice"
An independent review/assessment for students of Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice". This site takes students through the details of context, plot, themes, characters, and dramatic effect in the play. Made for students preparing to...
Grade Saver
Grade Saver: Antigone by Sophocles
This is an online study guide for the classical play Antigone by Sophocles including author information, literary elements, scene summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.